For as long as I've been fanatically obsessive about music, perhaps no other band has been as special to me as
Severed Heads. I've caught all kindsa hell from people about it, but I've always rated them right next to
The Stooges,
The Wipers, and
The Fall atop the pinnacle of my all-time faves. Hardcore fans of the Sevs call ourselves "Cliffords", particularly if we enjoy the early, more experimental, primarily loopbuilt stuff from before the mid-80s turn to more pure pop formalist song structure, lyrics and actual singing, and dancefloor accessibility. To call oneself a "Clifford" refers to the band's 1985 2xLP collection of false starts and unreleased early ephemera entitled
Clifford Darling, Please Stop Living in the Past. Although I would contend that the band never made a stinker (
Rotund for Success from 1989 is the band's low-point for me, but most of it's not as drecky as it is just unmemorable compared to their other albums), and I continue to enjoy
Tom Ellard's work up to this very day, I do confess a special fondness of this early stuff. That's what made me spring for the big bucks ($149 + tax at Amoeba SF) for my very first
Vinyl-on-Demand boxed-set. This is truly a treasure trove for a Clifford like me. And with all kindsa ex-slackjaw punx gettin' smart now as they hip to the sounds of the "weirdpunk" and the "minimal wave", surely more of you will wanna be a Clifford, too.
You can DOWNLOAD this week's show at links atop the latest blogpost...
http://artforspastics.blogspot.com/2...-clifford.html
BLACK & WHITE | title unknown |
Suicide CS | no label *new
LEADERS | Grenade in the Face | 2nd demo CDR | no label *new
MATTRESS | Eyes |
Heavy Duty | Reluctant *new
PHEROMOANS | Open for Business | demo CDR | no label 2008
THE ELKS | Auxiliary Tremors | v/a:
Moon Boot Boutique vol. 1 CDR | no label *new
NOTHING PEOPLE | Outsiders Are |
Anonymous | S-S Records *new
PIGEONS | Moon Whiskey |
Virgin Spectacle | Black Dirt *new
LITTLE CLAW | World of Tired |
Why/Why Not 7" | Physical Sewer *new
FEY GODS | Bury Me Standing |
Untied CS | no label *new
FEY GODS | Untied
BLUES CONTROL | End Zone |
Puff | Fusetronsound *new
JEX THOTH | Equinox Suite |
Jex Thoth | I Hate 2007
COMUS | Children of the Universe |
To Keep from Crying | Virgin 1974
HEXLOVE/FAULOUAH | Big Happy Lotus |
Free Jazz from Slavery 2xLP | Weird Forest *new
BULBS | Uamanas |
Light Ships | Freedom to Spend *new
LES BEYOND | More Hands or Wings | v/a:
Ammugammu 2xCS | Isolated Now Waves *new
SEVERED HEADS | Headless Corpses |
Adenoids 5xLP | Vinyl on Demand *new (orig 1979)
SEVERED HEADS | Nightsong (orig 1981)
SEVERED HEADS | Cowboy Muzak: Dressed in Air/Russian Rifles (orig 1982)
SEVERED HEADS | Lamborghini (orig 1982)
SEVERED HEADS | Harold & Cindy Hospital (demo) (orig 1985)
ZOLA JESUS | Dog |
Poor Sons 7" | Die Stasi *new
LEPER PRINT | Dead Flowers |
Coma 7" | Die Stasi *new
MOM | The Monkey's Uncle |
Tender Sweet Young Thing CDR | Dirty Dog Dick *new
THE FEELING OF LOVE | The Rape Man | new 7" | Florida's Dying *new
A.H. KRAKEN | Black Borny |
A.H. Kraken | In The Red *new
NIGHT WOUNDS | Animal | split 7" w/ Mutators | Badmaster *forthcoming
SHPILBERG | trks 4-5 |
Gold Fish | Brise Cul *new